Products Planner and Scheduler
About this opportunity
Cenovus is seeking a Products Planner & Scheduler to join our Toledo Refinery team. This role is responsible for working with cross-functional Commercial, Marketing, and Logistics teams to schedule feasible daily product movements in and out of the refinery. Utilizing a deep understanding of refinery operations, the successful candidate will create a feasible long-term plan that accounts for changes in operational conditions, as well as fluctuations in market supply and product prices. The position also rotates and provides backfill support for other product scheduling roles.
Responsibilities
- Identify opportunities to improve margins through inventory optimization, logistics efficiencies, and market opportunities
- Monitor schedule execution and proactively resolve disruptions, delays, specification issues, and inventory imbalances
- Managing and optimizing distillate and NGL product inventories, including Jet fuel, finished diesel, intermediate distillates, Alky Feed, iC4, and Propylene
- Interfacing with third-party customers
- Scheduling pipeline shipments (barge, local pipelines, onsite transfers)
- Own distillate maximization strategies including Plan vs. Actual and spec optimization
Requirements
- Legally authorized to work in the US
- Bachelor's Degree required; Chemical Engineering degree considered an asset
- 8+ years of refinery or chemical plant experience is required; process engineering, transportation fuels marketing, and/or refining commercial experience is desirable
- We acknowledge the value of transferrable skills and may consider equivalent combinations of experience and education should you not meet a specific requirement
Benefits
- Generous paid vacation
- Annual bonus
- Retirement savings plan matching
- Long-term incentives*
- Medical & dental coverage
- Life insurance
- Disability benefits
- Employee assistance program
- Virtual healthcare coverage
- Generous leave of absence programs
- Fitness membership reimbursement
*Eligibility for Total Rewards varies by position. This role may not be eligible for all Total Rewards offerings.
Development opportunities
- Internal course offerings
- Education assistance for additional development
- Opportunities to work on special projects
- Leadership development programs for emerging and established leaders
We actively promote internal job movement, recognizing the value of gaining new perspectives, building connections across teams, and applying expertise in new ways.
Our culture
Our purpose: We energize the world to make people's lives better.
Our values: Protect what matters, Do it right, Make it better, Do it together
Cenovus Cares: Our Employee Giving and Volunteering Program connects our people to our purpose, inspiring action and elevating impact year-round.
- Support causes you care about with volunteer opportunities in and outside of work
- Earn donation grants while volunteering (up to $1,000 per event)
- Receive donation matching up to $10,000 annually
We have various staff resource groups to help ensure our people feel a sense of belonging and can grow and do their best work. These voluntary groups are employee-led and all groups are open to all staff in all locations.